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    Default Urgent help required - converting image to array

    Hi,

    I'm having a real headache with this project. I am trying to create a project that reads in a JPG file ( which is a scanned form) this form has an invoice number BKxxxxxx, see attached. I want the program to read that BK code and rename the file with that number.

    So far i have borrowed some code (with permission) and modified it such that it can read in a JPG file, converts it to an array with a sensitivity value; black or dark grey being represented as a 1 in the array and white areas are 0. The intention is to then create another array which is just a small portion of the image which will be the BK code. This smaller array will be fed in to an Artificial Neural Network to classify each number within that array. I am just stuck on making the smaller array, my thoughts were - scan down the array until reach a straight line, then scan across to find the barcode, then take a section from that point up and left to create the sub array.

    I have also attached a picture which is what i want as the resultant array.

    Any thoughts suggestions of code would be very much appreciated.

    Please note for data security i have had to remove alot of the information from the picture, but i don't need this anyway. Appologies for the scrappy code but imageArray is the array to be of concern
    /*
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     * and open the template in the editor.
     */
     
    package ocr;
     
     
    /*File ImgMod02.java.java
     
     
    The purpose of this program is to make it easy
    to experiment with the modification of pixel
    data in an image and to display the modified
    version of the image along with the original
    version of the image.
     
    The program extracts the pixel data from an
    image file into a 3D array of type:
     
    int[row][column][depth].
     
    The first two dimensions of the array correspond
    to the rows and columns of pixels in the image.
    The third dimension always has a value of 4 and
    contains the following values by index value:
     
    0 alpha
    1 red
    2 green
    3 blue
     
    Note that these values are stored as type int
    rather than type unsigned byte which is the
    format of pixel data in the original image.
    This type conversion eliminates many problems
    involving the requirement to perform unsigned
    arithmetic on unsigned byte data.
     
    The program supports gif and jpg files and
    possibly some other file types as well.
     
    Operation:  This program provides a framework
    that is designed to invoke another program to
    process the pixels extracted from an image.
    In other words, this program extracts the pixels
    and puts them in a format that is relatively
    easy to work with.  A second program is invoked
    to actually process the pixels.  Typical usage
    is as follows:
     
    java ImgMod02 ProcessingProgramName ImageFileName
     
    For test purposes, the source code includes a
    class definition for an image-processing program
    named ProgramTest.
     
    If the ImageFileName is not specified on the
    command line, the program will search for an
    image file in the current directory named
    junk.gif and will process it using the
    processing program specified by the second
    command-line argument.
     
    If both command-line arguments are omitted, the
    program will search for an image file in the
    current directory named junk.gif and will
    process it using the built-in processing program
    named ProgramTest.
     
    The image file must be provided by the user in
    all cases.  However, it doesn't have to be in
    the current directory if a path to the file is
    specified on the command line.
     
    When the program is started, the original image
    and the processed image are displayed in a frame
    with the original image above the processed
    image.  A Replot button appears at the bottom of
    the frame.  If the user clicks the Replot
    button, the image-processing method is rerun,
    the image is reprocessed and the new version of
    the processed image replaces the old version.
     
    The processing program may provide a  GUI for
    data input making it possible for the user to
    modify the behavior of the image-processing
    method each time it is run.  This capability is
    illustrated in the built-in processing program
    named ProgramTest.
     
    The image-processing programming must implement
    the interface named ImgIntfc02.  That interface
    declares a single method with the following
    signature:
     
    int[][][] processImg(int[][][] threeDPix,
                         int imgRows,
                         int imgCols);
     
    The first parameter is a reference to the 3D
    array of pixel data stored as type int.  The
    last two parameters specify the number of rows
    of pixels and the number of columns of pixels in
    the image.
     
    The image-processing program cannot have a
    parameterized constructor.  This is because an
    object of the class is instantiated by invoking
    the newInstance method of the class named Class
    on the name of the image-processing program
    provided as a String on the command line.  This
    approach to object instantiation does not
    support parameterized constructors.
     
    If the image-processing program has a main
    method, it will be ignored.
     
    The processImg method receives a 3D array
    containing pixel data.  It should make a copy of
    the incoming array and modify the copy rather
    than modifying the original.  Then the program
    should return a reference to the modified copy
    of the 3D pixel array.
     
    The program also receives the width and the
    height of the image represented by the pixels in
    the 3D array.
     
    The processImg method is free to modify the
    values of the pixels in the array in any manner
    before returning the modified array.  Note
    however that native pixel data consists of four
    unsigned bytes.  If the modification of the
    pixel data produces negative values or positive
    value greater than 255, this should be dealt
    with before returning the modified pixel data.
    Otherwise, the returned values will simply be
    masked to eight bits before display, and the
    result of displaying those masked bits may not
    be as expected.
     
    There are at least two ways to deal with this
    situation.  One way is to simply clip all
    negative values at zero and to clip all values
    greater than 255 at 255.  The other way is to
    perform a further modification so as to map the
    range from -x to +y into the range from 0 to 255.
    There is no one correct way for all situations.
     
    When the processImg method returns, this program
    causes the original image and the modified image
    to be displayed in a frame on the screen with
    the original image above the modified image.
     
    If the user doesn't specify an image-processing
    program, this program will instantiate and use
    an object of the class named ProgramTest and an
    image file named junk.gif.  The class definition
    for the ProgramTest class is included in this
    source code file.  The image file named junk.gif
    must be provided by the user in the current
    directory.  Just about any gif file of an
    appropriate size will do.  Make certain that it
    is small enough so that two copies will fit on
    the screen when stacked one above the other.
     
    The processing program named ProgramTest draws a
    diagonal white line across the image starting at
    the top left corner.  The program provides a
    dialog box that allows the user to specify the
    slope of the line.  To change the slope, type a
    new slope into the text field and press the
    Replot button on the main graphic frame.  It
    isn't necessary to press the Enter key after
    typing the new slope value into the text field,
    but doing so won't cause any harm.  (Note that
    only positive slope values can be used.  Entry
    of a negative slope value will cause an exception
    to be thrown.)
     
    Other than to add the white line, the image
    processing program named ProgramTest does not
    modify the image.  It does draw a visible white
    line across transparent areas, making the pixels
    underneath the line non-transparent.  However,
    it may be difficult to see the white line
    against the default yellow background in the
    frame.
     
    If the program is unable to load the image file
    within ten seconds, it will abort with an error
    message.
     
    Some operational details follow.
     
    This program reads an image file from the disk
    and saves it in memory under the name rawImg.
    Then it declares a one-dimensional array of type
    int of sufficient size to contain one int value
    for every pixel in the image. Each int value
    will be populated with one alpha byte and three
    color bytes.  The name of the array is oneDPix.
     
    Then the program instantiates an object of type
    PixelGrabber, which associates the rawImg with
    the one-dimensional array of type int.
    Following this, the program invokes the
    grabPixels method on the object of type
    PixelGrabber to cause the pixels in the rawImg
    to be extracted into int values and stored in
    the array named oneDPix.
     
    Then the program copies the pixel values from
    the oneDPix array into the threeDPix array,
    converting them to type int in the process.  The
    threeDPix array is passed to an image-processing
    program.
     
    The image-processing program returns a modified
    version of the 3D array of pixel data.
     
    This program then creates a new version of the
    oneDPix array containing the modified pixel data.
    It uses the createImage method of the Component
    class along with the constructor for the
    MemoryImageSource class to create a new image
    from the modified pixel data.  The name of the
    new image is modImg.
     
    Finally, the program overrides the paint method
    where it uses the drawImage method to display
    both the raw image and the modified image on the
    same Frame object.  The raw image is displayed
    above the modified image.
     
    Tested using SDK 1.4.2 under WinXP.
    ************************************************/
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.awt.image.*;
     
    class ImgMod02 extends Frame{
      Image rawImg;
      int imgCols;//Number of horizontal pixels
      int imgRows;//Number of rows of pixels
      Image modImg;//Reference to modified image
      int sensitivity = 180; // This is the threshold value of contrast of a pixel to be converted to a 1
      int LineCounter = 0;
      //Inset values for the Frame
      int inTop;
      int inLeft;
      //int [][] imageArray;
     
     // These are the arrays to store each number within the BK code, each array will be
     // 7x11 to store the pixels that represent each number. These arrays will be used to
     // train the Neural Network
     
      int[][] trainArray1;
      int[][] trainArray2;
      int[][] trainArray3;
      int[][] trainArray4;
      int[][] trainArray5;
      int[][] trainArray6;
     
      //Default image-processing program.  This
      // program will be executed to process the
      // image if the name of another program is not
      // entered on the command line.  Note that the
      // class file for this program is included in
      // this source code file.
      static String theProcessingClass =
                                       "ProgramTest";
     
      //Default image file name.  This image file
      // will be processed if another file name is
      // not entered on the command line.  You must
      // provide this file in the current directory.
      static String theImgFile = "tree3.jpg";
     
      MediaTracker tracker;
     // Display display = new Display();//A Canvas
     // Button replotButton = new Button("Replot");
     
      //References to arrays that store pixel data.
      int[][][] threeDPix;
      int[][][] threeDPixMod;
      int[] oneDPix;
     
      //Reference to the image-processing object.
      ImgIntfc02 imageProcessingObject;
      //-------------------------------------------//
     
      public static void main(String[] args){
     
        //Get names for the image-processing program
        // and the image file to be processed.
        // Program supports gif files and jpg files
        // and possibly some other file types as
        // well.
     
     
        if(args.length == 0){
          //Use default processing class and default
          // image file.  No code required here.
          // Class and file names were specified
          // above.  This case is provided for
          // information purposes only.
        }else if(args.length == 1){
          theProcessingClass = args[0];
          //Use default image file
        }else if(args.length == 2){
          theProcessingClass = args[0];
          theImgFile = args[1];
        }else{
          System.out.println("Invalid args");
          System.exit(1);
        }//end else
     
        //Display name of processing program and
        // image file.
        System.out.println("Processing program: "
                               + theProcessingClass);
        System.out.println("Image file: "
                                     + theImgFile);
     
        //Instantiate an object of this class
        ImgMod02 obj = new ImgMod02();
      }//end main
      //-------------------------------------------//
     
      public ImgMod02(){//constructor
        //Get an image from the specified file.  Can
        // be in a different directory if the path
        // was entered with the file name on the
        // command line.
        rawImg = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().
                                getImage(theImgFile);
     
        //Use a MediaTracker object to block until
        // the image is loaded or ten seconds has
        // elapsed.
        tracker = new MediaTracker(this);
        tracker.addImage(rawImg,1);
     
        try{
          if(!tracker.waitForID(1,100000)){
            System.out.println("Load error.");
            System.exit(1);
          }//end if
        }catch(InterruptedException e){
          e.printStackTrace();
          System.exit(1);
        }//end catch
     
        //Make certain that the file was successfully
        // loaded.
        if((tracker.statusAll(false)
                       & MediaTracker.ERRORED
                       & MediaTracker.ABORTED) != 0){
          System.out.println(
                          "Load errored or aborted");
          System.exit(1);
        }//end if
     
        //Raw image has been loaded.  Get width and
        // height of the raw image.
        imgCols = rawImg.getWidth(this);
        imgRows = rawImg.getHeight(this);
     
     //   this.setTitle("Copyright 2004, Baldwin");
     //   this.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
     //   this.add(display);
     //   this.add(replotButton,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        //Make it possible to get insets and the
        // height of the button.
    //    setVisible(true);
        //Get and store inset data for the Frame and
        // the height of the button.
        inTop = this.getInsets().top;
        inLeft = this.getInsets().left;
     //   int buttonHeight =
     //                  replotButton.getSize().height;
        //Size the frame so that a small amount of
        // yellow background will show on the right
        // and on the bottom when both images are
        // displayed, one above the other.  Also, the
        // placement of the images on the Canvas
        // causes a small amount of background to
        // show between the images.
     //   this.setSize(2*inLeft+imgCols + 1,inTop
      //               + buttonHeight + 2*imgRows + 7);
     
        //=========================================//
        //Anonymous inner class listener for replot
        // button.  This actionPerformed method is
        // invoked when the user clicks the Replot
        // button.  It is also invoked at startup
        // when this program posts an ActionEvent to
        // the system event queue attributing the
        // event to the Replot button.
     //   replotButton.addActionListener(
          new ActionListener(){
            public void actionPerformed(
                                      ActionEvent e){
              //Pass a 3D array of pixel data to the
              // processing object and get a modified
              // 3D array of pixel data back.  The
              // creation of the 3D array of pixel
              // data is explained later.
              threeDPixMod =
                    imageProcessingObject.processImg(
                          threeDPix,imgRows,imgCols);
              //Convert the modified pixel data to a
              // 1D array of pixel data.  The 1D
              // array is explained later.
              oneDPix = convertToOneDim(
                       threeDPixMod,imgCols,imgRows);
              //Use the createImage() method to
              // create a new image from the 1D array
              // of pixel data.
              modImg = createImage(
                 new MemoryImageSource(
                 imgCols,imgRows,oneDPix,0,imgCols));
              //Repaint the image display frame with
              // the original image at the top and
              // the modified pixel data at the
              // bottom.
            //  display.repaint();
            }//end actionPerformed
          }//end ActionListener
        );//end addActionListener
        //End anonymous inner class.
        //=========================================//
     
        //Create a 1D array object to receive the
        // pixel representation of the image
        oneDPix = new int[imgCols * imgRows];
     
        //Convert the rawImg to numeric pixel
        // representation.  Note that grapPixels()
        // throws InterruptedException
        try{
          //Instantiate a PixelGrabber object
          // specifying oneDPix as the array in which
          // to put the numeric pixel data. See Sun
          // docs for parameters
          PixelGrabber pgObj = new PixelGrabber(
                          rawImg,0,0,imgCols,imgRows,
                                  oneDPix,0,imgCols);
          //Invoke the grabPixels() method on the
          // PixelGrabber object to extract the pixel
          // data from the image into an array of
          // numeric pixel data stored in oneDPix.
          // Also test for success in the process.
          if(pgObj.grabPixels() &&
                               ((pgObj.getStatus() &
                               ImageObserver.ALLBITS)
                                              != 0)){
     
            //Convert the pixel byte data in the 1D
            // array to int data in a 3D array to
            // make it easier to work with the pixel
            // data later.  Recall that pixel data is
            // unsigned byte data and Java does not
            // support unsigned arithmetic.
            // Performing unsigned arithmetic on byte
            // data is particularly cumbersome.
            threeDPix = convertToThreeDim(
                            oneDPix,imgCols,imgRows);
     
            //Instantiate a new object of the image
            // processing class.  Note that this
            // object is instantiated using the
            // newInstance method of the class named
            // Class.  This approach does not support
            // the use of a parameterized
            // constructor.
            try{
              imageProcessingObject = (
                   ImgIntfc02)Class.forName(
                   theProcessingClass).newInstance();
     
               //Post counterfeit ActionEvent to the
               // system event queue and attribute it
               // to the Replot button.  (See the
               // anonymous ActionListener class
               // defined above that registers an
               // ActionListener object on the RePlot
               // button.)  Posting this event causes
               // the image-processing method to be
               // invoked, passing the 3D array of
               // pixel data to the method, and
               // receiving a 3D array of modified
               // pixel data back from the method.
              Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().
                   getSystemEventQueue().postEvent(
                      new ActionEvent(
                        replotButton,
                      ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED,
                       "Replot"));
     
              //At this point, the image has been
              // processed and both the original
              // image and the modified image
              // have been displayed.  From this
              // point forward, each time the user
              // clicks the Replot button, the image
              // will be processed again and the new
              // modified image will be displayed
              // along with the original image.
     
            }catch(Exception e){
              System.out.println(e);
            }//end catch
     
        }//end if statement on grabPixels
          else System.out.println(
                        "Pixel grab not successful");
        }catch(InterruptedException e){
          e.printStackTrace();
        }//end catch
     
        //Cause the composite of the frame, the
        // canvas, and the button to become visible.
        this.setVisible(true);
        //=========================================//
     
        //Anonymous inner class listener to terminate
        // program.
        this.addWindowListener(
          new WindowAdapter(){
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
              System.exit(0);//terminate the program
            }//end windowClosing()
          }//end WindowAdapter
        );//end addWindowListener
        //=========================================//
     
      }//end constructor
      //===========================================//
     
      //Inner class for canvas object on which to
      // display the two images.
     // class Display extends Canvas{
        //Override the paint method to display both
        // the rawImg and the modImg on the same
        // Canvas object, separated by one row of
        // pixels in the background color.
       // public void paint(Graphics g){
          //First confirm that the image has been
          // completely loaded and neither image
          // reference is null.
      //    if (tracker.statusID(1, false) ==
      //                        MediaTracker.COMPLETE){
      //      if((rawImg != null) &&
      //                             (modImg != null)){
      //        g.drawImage(rawImg,0,0,this);
     //         g.drawImage(modImg,0,imgRows + 1,this);
         //   }//end if
       //   }//end if
     //   }//end paint()
     // }//end class myCanvas
    //=============================================//
     
      //Save pixel values as type int to make
      // arithmetic easier later.
     
      //The purpose of this method is to convert the
      // data in the int oneDPix array into a 3D
      // array of ints.
      //The dimensions of the 3D array are row,
      // col, and color in that order.
      //Row and col correspond to the rows and
      // columns of the image.  Color corresponds to
      // transparency and color information at the
      // following index levels in the third
      // dimension:
      // 0 alpha
      // 1 red
      // 2 green
      // 3 blue
      // The structure of this code is determined by
      // the way that the pixel data is formatted
      // into the 1D array of ints produced by the
      // grabPixels method of the PixelGrabber
      // object.
      int[][][] convertToThreeDim(
              int[] oneDPix,int imgCols,int imgRows){
        //Create the new 3D array to be populated
        // with color data.
     
        int[][] imageArray =
                        new int[imgRows][imgCols];
        int[][][] data =
                        new int[imgRows][imgCols][4];
          System.out.println("converttothredim executed");
        for(int row = 0;row < imgRows;row++){
            System.out.println(" ");
          //Extract a row of pixel data into a
          // temporary array of ints
          int[] aRow = new int[imgCols];
          for(int col = 0; col < imgCols;col++){
            int element = row * imgCols + col;
            aRow[col] = oneDPix[element];
          }//end for loop on col
     
          //Move the data into the 3D array.  Note
          // the use of bitwise AND and bitwise right
          // shift operations to mask all but the
          // correct set of eight bits.
          for(int col = 0;col < imgCols;col++){
            //Alpha data
     
    //Reset LineCounter for each Horizontal line
              LineCounter = 0;
            data[row][col][0] = (aRow[col] >> 24)
                                              & 0xFF;
     
     
     
     
            //Red data
            data[row][col][1] = (aRow[col] >> 16)
                                              & 0xFF;
            if (data[row][col][1]>sensitivity) {
            int arrayUnit = 1;
                imageArray[row][col] = arrayUnit;
     
              } else {
                    int arrayUnit = 0;
                    imageArray[row][col] = arrayUnit;
     
     
     
     
            //-----------------------------------------------------
            // Narrow down search to BK code
     
     
                      }
     
     
     
     
     
     
            //-------------------------------------------------------
         //     }
     
            //Green data
            data[row][col][2] = (aRow[col] >> 8)
                                              & 0xFF;
     
     
     
            //Blue data
            data[row][col][3] = (aRow[col])
                                              & 0xFF;
     
          }//end for loop on col
        }//end for loop on row
        return data;
      }//end convertToThreeDim
      //-------------------------------------------//
     
      //The purpose of this method is to convert the
      // data in the 3D array of ints back into the
      // 1d array of type int.  This is the reverse
      // of the method named convertToThreeDim.
      int[] convertToOneDim(
             int[][][] data,int imgCols,int imgRows){
        //Create the 1D array of type int to be
        // populated with pixel data, one int value
        // per pixel, with four color and alpha bytes
        // per int value.
     
          System.out.println("converttoonedim exectured");
        int[] oneDPix = new int[
                              imgCols * imgRows * 4];
     
        //Move the data into the 1D array.  Note the
        // use of the bitwise OR operator and the
        // bitwise left-shift operators to put the
        // four 8-bit bytes into each int.
        for(int row = 0,cnt = 0;row < imgRows;row++){
          for(int col = 0;col < imgCols;col++){
     
              if (data[row][col][0]<0) {System.out.println("1");
     
              } else {System.out.println("0");
              }
     
     
            oneDPix[cnt] = ((data[row][col][0] << 24)
                                       & 0xFF000000)
                         | ((data[row][col][1] << 16)
                                       & 0x00FF0000)
                          | ((data[row][col][2] << 8)
                                       & 0x0000FF00)
                               | ((data[row][col][3])
                                       & 0x000000FF);
            cnt++;
          }//end for loop on col
     
        }//end for loop on row
     
        return oneDPix;
      }//end convertToOneDim
    }//end ImgMod02.java class
    //=============================================//
     
     
    /*File ImgIntfc02.java.java
    Copyright 2004, R.G.Baldwin
     
    The purpose of this interface is to declare
    the one method required by image-processing
    classes that are compatible with the program
    named ImgMod02.java.
     
    Tested using SDK 1.4.2 under WinXP
    ===============================================*/
     
    interface ImgIntfc02{
      int[][][] processImg(int[][][] threeDPix,
                           int imgRows,
                           int imgCols);
    }//end ImgIntfc02
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